February 18, 2026
The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. filed at FERC for approval for changes to the ICAP capacity market, including seasonal New York Control Area ('NYCA') minimum capacity requirements
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April 18, 2024
The New York ISO requested from FERC a one-time prospective waiver to…
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November 11, 2022
Update: NYISO said on Nov 14 that NYISO was ultimately able to calculate valid auction results in time. Those results were posted late in the evening of November 10. NYISO withdrew its request at FERC
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October 28, 2022
The State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, has affirmed a decision from the Supreme Court, Albany County, which had found that the New York PSC's authorized oversight of ESCOs necessarily means that the PSC is authorized to interpret ESCO contractual…
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September 25, 2020
The New York PSC denied rehearing of its June decision which ordered Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy to re-rate fixed price customers who experienced an increased rate when Marathon changed rates as a result of a change in the peak hour used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, as the PSC…
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June 12, 2020
PSC Finds That ICAP Peak Hour Change Not A Permissible Trigger For Change In Law Clause Relied On By ESCO In Changing Fixed Rate
The New York PSC ordered Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy to re-rate fixed price customers who experienced an increased rate when Marathon changed rates as a result of a change in the peak hour used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, as the PSC found that such a rate change did not qualify…
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May 20, 2020
Report Says Existing ICAP Buyer-Side Mitigation Rules To Cost Nearly $1 Billion Per Year, Double Under Expansion
Reports from The Brattle Group addressing quantitative and qualitative analyses of resource adequacy, structures prepared for the New York Department of Public Service and NYSERDA, include a novel Co‐optimized Capacity & Clean Energy Procurement mechanism for LSEs such as ESCOs to meet various…
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April 23, 2020
ESCO Reveals Customer Complaints Were Prompted By A Single Broker, With Whom ESCO Was In Discussions To Purchase Broker's Gas Business
DPS Staff Have Alleged Underlying Issue Represents An "Anticipated Market Fluctuation" Not Eligible As Change-in-Law
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March 20, 2020
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy directing the ESCO to show cause why Marathon's alleged modification to fixed price contracts, in response to a utility tariff change concerning the peak hours used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, did not…
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February 20, 2020
Directs NYISO To Ensure That Exemptions For Renewables, Self-Supply Be "Narrowly Tailored"
FERC has approved a series of orders related to buyer-side market power mitigation in the New York ISO ICAP capacity market
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January 22, 2020
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid or "the Company") has filed at the New York PSC further revisions to its Clifton Park Demand Reduction REV Demonstration Project, with changes to a proposal to use a subscription model for part of the electric supply charges applicable to a subset of non-shopping…
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August 8, 2019
PSC Launches Inquiry Into Resource Adequacy Mechanism, "Compatibility" Of NYISO ICAP Market With State Policy Goals PSC Raises Consideration of Fixed Resource Requirement
The PSC has issued its written order to open the resource adequacy inquiry
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June 24, 2019
Integrated Energy Services, which offers energy procurement among a suite of services, announced that it has acquired MACH Energy, an energy management and sustainability software platform.
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May 22, 2019
Propose Change In How Customer UCAP Calculated
In a newly filed rate case, NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric (the "Companies") stated that they would continue the current 70% hedging level for residential electric customers
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April 25, 2019
The New York PSC has approved at Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced (HP) default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers
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September 19, 2018
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) has filed with the New York PSC proposed changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers
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November 14, 2016
Fitchburg Gas & Electric (Unitil) has petitioned the Massachusetts DPU for approval to offer customers via demonstration products a storage system for customers with solar and other demand response offerings.
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February 1, 2016
Consolidated Edison detailed in a rate case filing efforts to create a web interface where ESCOs and customers can view and download electric customers' hourly energy usage and capacity tag information online.
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March 3, 2015
The New York PSC has adopted revised EDI standards resulting from its February 2014 retail market order.
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November 26, 2014
FERC has ordered the New York ISO to conduct a stakeholder process to review whether Zone K should be modeled as an export-constrained zone in its capacity market.
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June 30, 2014
The New York PSC found that opposition from other independent power producers to a sale under which the Danskammer would return to service, "defeat[s] the very purpose of instituting electric wholesale markets in the first instance -- to foster robust competition."
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April 3, 2014
As expected, ESCOs serving Lower Hudson Valley customers in New York will see a substantial increase in capacity prices, based on pricing from the summer 2014 ICAP strip auction.
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January 29, 2014
FERC has denied the New York ISO's sought phase-in of the new G-J local capacity zone (Lower Hudson Valley zone).
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January 2, 2014
A joint proposal in a Consolidated Edison electric rate case would require the utility to file a proposal to expand mandatory hourly pricing (MHP) to customers with demands over 300 kW.
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December 2, 2013
A proposed phase-in of the new G-J local capacity zone in the New York ISO, as formally proposed at FERC by NYISO last week, won't completely shield ESCOs and customers from rate shock associated with spiked capacity prices from the new zone, an analysis by NYISO shows.
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